Graduate Student Scholarships

The Graduate Student Scholarships program provides funding to enable full-time graduate students to research emerging technologies at participating post-secondary institutions.

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Program Status: Active
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Intake Status: Open
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Program at a Glance

Business Area: Post-Secondary Investments & Emerging Technology
Priority Area(s): Funding scholarships for graduate students researching emerging technologies, ensuring that Alberta post-secondary institutions and companies can recruit top talent.
Program Guide: Graduate Student Scholarships - Program Guidelines

Eligibility

Alberta-based: Yes
Organization Type: Post-Secondary Students

Overview

The program offers funding ranging from $12,000 to $31,000 per year, and the terms vary from one to four years, depending on the recipient’s time in the program.

We are proud to support the next generation of leaders in emerging technology areas in their pursuit of academic excellence through scholarship funding that can enable the student to devote their full time to their academic studies.

View our emerging technology focus areas here.

Open Intakes

Graduate Student Scholarships Program - Seasonal Intake

Due date: Continuous

More details

Eligibility

This scholarship program is open to Canadian, permanent resident, and international graduate students conducting full-time research in key emerging technology areas of information and communications technologies (ICT) and advanced materials and manufacturing technologies (AMM) at one of the following post-secondary institutions. View their websites below:

Please check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for full descriptions and application details. Please review our program guidelines for more information before applying.

How To Apply

  1. Check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for full descriptions and application details.
  2. Submit your application to your institution.
  3. Wait for your application to be reviewed.

Evaluation Process

Each of the participating Alberta institutions has scholarship application and evaluation processes specific to their institutions for students in programs of full-time study. Please check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for information on evaluation.

Students who have been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship must complete annual and final reports through the term of their award and post-award reports after the end of the award.

Multi-year scholarships are renewed annually after the first year upon satisfactory reporting by the student.

Past Program Guidelines

2024-25 Graduate Student Scholarships Program Guidelines (updated October 2023)

2023-24 Graduate Student Scholarships Program Guidelines (updated May 2023)

2022-23 Graduate Student Scholarships Program Guidelines (updated January 2023)

2021-22 Graduate Student Scholarships Program Guidelines (updated August 2021)

Contact

Sarah Lee

Senior Business Partner, Post Secondary Investments and Emerging Technologies

780-450-5553

Open and Upcoming Intakes

Graduate Student Scholarships Program - Seasonal Intake

The Graduate Student Scholarships program provides funding to enable full-time graduate students to research emerging technologies at participating post-secondary institutions.

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